The Health Department has initiated the process of empanelling private hospitals under Dr. Muthu Lakshmi Reddy Maternity Benefit Scheme (MRMBS).
The scheme provides financial assistance to the poor pregnant women mandated delivery at government institutions till 2017.
Thereafter, the government has approved extension of the scheme to those who availed themselves of free health services at private medical college hospitals.
In 2018, it was co-branded with the government of India’s Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY).
In its present form, the scheme extends the financial assistance to the tune of ₹18,000 that included two maternal nutritional kits each worth ₹2,000.